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Job Description
Team
The Global Risk Management team is based across the New York, London, Frankfurt and Asia offices and comprises subject matter experts across all product areas. The Liquidity Risk function forms part of the International Risk Department regionally and the Global Risk Department globally.
Role
Jefferies International Limited (JIL) is looking to hire a JIL Head of Liquidity Risk Management to join the Risk Management organisation. The role will be based in either London or Frankfurt, with responsibilities for second line liquidity risk management of trading activity outside Americas. The primary responsibility of this Risk Manager will be to act as the counterpart to regional treasurers and to oversee as part of the newly created global liquidity risk function. The individual will work closely with regional Treasury, Front Office, Risk Controllers, Risk Managers, Risk Analytics team and other corporate functions. The responsibilities will comprise BAU liquidity risk management activities, new business proposals, methodology development, including liquidity stress testing & scenario analysis and executing specific projects, which will encompass regulatory initiatives.
Key Responsibilities & Activities:
* Establish a JIL Liquidity Risk Management function as the 2nd line of defense (LOD) and provide independent review, challenge and oversight on processes and methodologies consistent across JIL's legal entities.
* Act as 2nd LOD overseeing the implementation of regional liquidity risk management framework, monitoring liquidity and funding adequacy, ensuring overall liquidity risk is in line with the Firm's risk appetite.
Risk Appetite & MI
* Independent review and challenge on transparency, clarity and governance of the Risk Appetite Framework and MI metrics (incl. Early Warning Indicators) for Liquidity Risk, ensuring monitoring under an appropriate governance framework with appropriate escalation of any non-compliance.
Governance & Documentation
* Development and Implementation of a regional liquidity risk management framework, policies/procedures and controls incl. risk appetite framework and statements, and liquidity risk limits.
* Independent review and challenge to confirm that the documentation underpinning the Liquidity Management Framework, including modelling, is robust and fit for purpose.
* Attendance at the regional ALCO and other Committees.
Model (Validation) Framework
* Development and implementation of governance framework on (Treasury owned) models, non-model estimates, and other infrastructure/tools to assess and monitor liquidity risk.
* Independent review and challenge of non-model estimates.
* Technical model/tool validation of the Treasury infrastructure for quantifying liquidity risk and attributing FTP.
* Ensuring a globally consistent stress testing framework has been designed and implemented that meets both internal and external regulatory requirements.
Legal Entity Level
* Responsibility for review and challenge to the ILAAP process and other key Committees.
* In relation to the Recovery Plan, review and challenge the governance arrangements developed by Treasury; lead the development and maintenance of stress testing and scenario analysis for the Recovery Plan.
* Manage and provide guidance to other members of the liquidity risk team.
Person Specification
* Strong quantitative academic background with ideally a (postgraduate) degree in mathematics or similar.
* Strong Treasury experience and/or market facing experience in Equity and Fixed Income market risk management.
* In-depth knowledge of equity & fixed income trading products and markets.
* Solid understanding of liquidity risk measurement methodologies (incl. scenario analysis and stress testing).
* Experience of new product/business development due diligence and related testing.
* Knowledge of local regulatory environments as this pertains to liquidity risk.
* Experience of performing due diligence on trades and their impact on liquidity.
* Experience of managing and developing risk appetite/limits.
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